frolic
noun
merry play; merriment; gaiety; fun.
is frolicking
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present progressiveof frolic (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The audience enters the theater as a band is jamming at thunderous volume and the cast is frolicking on a makeshift dance floor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2023
The future And exhale … now that Star Wars is frolicking across global pastures, there’s room for the odd piece of counter-programming.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 22, 2015
Whether she is frolicking outdoors at age three, flashing a winning smile at five, hugging a jubilant boyfriend -- Prince William -- on their joint graduation day, Britain's future queen is an irresistible lassie.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2011
A man when he is frolicking and dining says a good many things that are not true.
From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume
When she cannot frolic, she mews; but, as she is frolicking all the time when she is not asleep, she does not make much of an outcry, after all.
From The Nursery, June 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 6 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
